In search of success

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THE RISE OF the internet has provided the background to many failed business ventures but, also, a few outrageous successes. This week, shares in one of the latter are likely to become available to the public. Google, the internet search engine, is to sell 10 per cent of itself to outside investors. Share prices will be set later this week, but the entire company is valued at an estimated £20 billion — about the same as McDonald’s. Not bad for a business that was established in a San Francisco garage by two former PhD students, using their credit cards for